If With All Your Hearts

First off, I have to say that I am SUPER pleased with my hair color. Some of the streaks are SO blond. But it's fun! I'm enjoying the color. hehe :)

OK, so I went to bed SUPER late last night, and woke up around 8:30am this morning. And came out and watched some stupid TV show with the kids. Or was it a movie. I don't know. It was dumb. The boy was trying to scare off all the babysitters by being bad.

Anyway, Maddie and her girls came downstairs, then headed to the store and to pick up Uncle Joe from the airport. And then Jake woke up, and I had the kids start on chores, and everything went downhill from there.

Jake was being SUPER agitated, and yelling at everyone, and being bossy, and throwing fits. And I thought back, and I think he may have missed a few doses over the past week. So I told him to take his pill. And he refused. And we fought about it. And it was ugly.

I ended up getting inside of his tiny room with him, and sitting in front of the door and not getting up until he took it. There was throwing of stuff, and yelling, and name calling, and junk. Not me, him. ha! But I sat there and took it. Because if I'd let him out, someone else would have got it. And I didn't want him hurting anyone else.

He finally settled down, took the pill, and I let him out. And I went in my room and sobbed for about 20 minutes. Maybe not that long. It sure seemed like that long. When I came out, he was sitting on the couch with the dog, NOT doing his chores like he'd promised to do. So I proceeded to try and make him get up and go back to his room. And since I"ve picked up weight, I can actually get him to move around a little bit.

I got him almost to his room, and he reared up. I was holding on to him around his waist and one arm, and he tipped over. On top of me. And I hit my head on the table on the way down, and felt a sharp pain. And kinda got the wind knocked out of me when he landed on me. But I didn't let go. And we got up, and he let me get him in his room. I shut the door, slid to the floor, and sobbed. And felt a HUGE goose egg on my head. Luckily, it was under my hair. Freaking autistic agitation!

And it was around that time that Maddie and the girls came back with Joe. I was still in my jammies, and my eyes were super swollen and puffy from crying. Tears were still leaking from my eyes Yeah, it was a joyous time...

They loaded up Maddie's car, grabbed a few things that they needed to take, and headed out. I wasn't on the top of my game, so no hugs or pictures or anything. I did say bye, and made sure that the kids said bye. But I was out of it. And my head hurt. Not just the bump, but I was getting a migraine to boot...

I let Jake out of his room to say bye, and he went back in. Eventually, the pill kicked in, (or the placebo effect kicked in), and he calmed down, and was good for the rest of the day. I think, what it was, was that he was SUPER upset that Aunt Sue was leaving. Bad expected change. And he was on edge because of it.

Anyway, Aunt Sue packed up her suitcases, and Jake helped weigh them on the scale. We weighed Jake (220), then Jake and the suitcase. And the goal was 50 lbs. She had 3 suitcases, and wanted to eliminate the carry on. That took almost all morning/afternoon.

At some point, I decided that I needed to shower and get to feeling better. So I went and showered, got new make up, curly hair, and cute clothes. Oh yeah, that's what I needed. hehe :)

Check out the blonde streaks!!! I like it :)

And I made sure that I fixed Aunt Sue's hair before it was time to head out for the day :) Isn't it cute!

And I still can't get over the color of my hair. I'm sure that the obsessive pictures of it will ease off over the next few days... Maybe. ha!



We just hung out at the house for the rest of the afternoon. The kids played games, and we just enjoyed each others company. The kids were mostly good. There was a lot of bickering, though... here's Jim and Joe smelling the new sentsy scents from Terra's house :)

Tom

I did my fingernails with glitter! What do you think?

And then I tried to think of a fast, cheap activity for everyone to do before the airport. We needed to be there at 3:30pm. Sonic Happy Hour sounded like a good idea. hehe.

We got 1 Rt 44 Diet Dr Pepper, 3 Large Real Fruit Straberry Slushies, 1 large watermelon slushie, and 2 green apple slushies. SUPER yum!

It took WAY too long, but I liked my drink. ha! I guess the slushie machine was having issues or something. We were hot and sweaty and SO ready for a drink when they came :)

There's the hair color again - ha!

Then we headed home. And had 35 minutes before we had to have Aunt Sue to the airport. And it went too fast!

He loves these jammies. hehe :)

And then it was time to go. Jake and I and Aunt Sue were gonna go. But I wanted some pictures first. And Jim did NOT wanna be in them. Hmpf!

Here's let me caption if for you....

Jake: Love ya, bro
Tom: Get your hands OFF of me~!

Tom: What the heck, Jake! Don't touch me!

Jake: Tom, I was just putting my arm around you
Tom: Your armpits smell, don't touch me!

Jake: Oh yeah, you wanna see smelly armpits???

And finally a good photo. Poor Aunt Sue!

Then we loaded up the suitcases, and off we went! We parked in short term parking, and checked in 2 of Aunt sue's bags at curbside. And went inside for the last one. We asked about going to the gate with Aunt Sue, and the gave us some run around about people who need help and assistance, and this and that, so I figured that was a no.

Then the chickie asked for Jake and my ID's, and issued us escort passes. OK, I guess I was wrong. hehe. We got the last bag checked and paid for, and headed up through security.

We showed Aunt Sue how to put all of her stuff in the tray and send it through the scanner. And take off shoes, and purses, and junk. Jake took off his belt, and watch. And we got to go through the new xray machine. It was pretty snazzy. You stand inside of it, spread your feet, spread arms, palms facing a funny direction. And I smiled really big for the camera. LOL. I'm sure it was humorous. I was having a good time.

And then you have to wait for them, off to the side, so that they can analyze your xray. Yeah, mine didn't pass. I guess it was the zipper in my hoodie. So the woman asked if she could pat down my front. And did I wanna do it here in public, or did I want a private room. RofL! This was the most action I'd seen in 7 and a half months!! I said here was fine.

I was wearing a padded bra so I didn't feel anything. LOL! And then she took me and tested my hands for explosives residue. I passed! And then I was good to go. Pfew! Better safe than sorry, though, right??

We went to find the right gate, and sat for about an hour with Aunt Sue before it was time for her to board her plane. I'm SO glad that they let us stay with her. It's her first time flying alone, and I hope that us being there up till the end helped :)

Once she was out of sight and on the plane, Jake and I headed back home. The kids had been watching a movie, and Tom let them get into games and trash the living room. So guess who had to clean the living room? Yup, Tom. He wasn't too pleased. But dude, that's what I pay you for. To keep the living room clean while I'm gone and you're in charge. Earn that $40 a month, my friend!

We had a quickie dinner (fend for yourself), and I made the kids have "Quiet Time" in their rooms. I was tired of the bickering. I put on a movie in my room, and promptly fell asleep on my couch. And my hour long nap felt SO good.

When I woke up, the kids and I watched a movie in the living room, and had popcorn. It was a fun evening. Joe snuggled with me on the couch. He's such a sweetie.

I put the kids to bed around 9 or so, and spent some time texting with my friends. Then around 11, I started blogging. It's now just barely after midnight. Mom and Dad got Aunt Sue from the airport, and Maddie and Joe made it home. My family is all safe and sound :) Love ya, you guys!

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Awe, what a sweet little family, Sharon! Love this layout :) Great job!